How to start a diesel engine in the cold?

Diesel cars are quite common inexploitation of motorists of our country. Although today high-quality diesel fuel is almost equal in price with gasoline, many drivers prefer this kind of engines because of their energy intensity and ripple. All this is good on trips in the hot summer. In the cold season, the diesel engine - even a relatively new one - can "lay a pig" and simply do not start at the right time, when you are in such a hurry to work, for example. Let's try to figure out: what are the reasons for this and how can I try to start a diesel engine on my own in the cold?

Fuel paraffinization

This phenomenon is one of the first reasons whythe engine does not start. At the same time, the battery works, and the starter turns, and the candles are in order, and the fuel does not enter the system. Simply put, diesel oil at a sufficiently low temperature tends to lose its fluidity, clogging the pores of the fuel filter.

How to fight?

If the diesel engine is not started in frostfor this reason, it is necessary to add a special additive "antigel" to the fuel, which is recommended to be used for inappropriate fuel already at a temperature below minus twelve degrees Celsius. Only it is advisable to do this before the temperature has dropped. Act according to the instructions: as a rule, you just need to squeeze the tube into the gas tank when refueling the car. Another - no less effective - option: fill in a special non-thickening winter diesel fuel, designed by the manufacturer for lower temperatures. Old - pre-drain.

Quick Start

If all systems of your car worknormal, and the diesel does not start in the frost, try the spray to quickly start the engine. It is made on the basis of a special ether, it can be purchased at a gas station or in a store for motorists. It is necessary several times to spray from the nebulizer into the intake manifold (for this purpose - open the air filter housing). After that, if the starter normally turns, the engine, in theory, should start. If not, try the operation again.

Electric heater

Experienced motorists know and such a secret launchdiesel engine in severe cold, if the car is, for example, in an unheated garage in which electricity is provided. You need to take a small electric heater (preferably safe) and put it under the engine protection on the floor. We turn on and wait for fifteen minutes. Parts of the engine and fuel during this time in a closed room have time to warm up to plus temperature. Result: the engine starts at the first attempt!

Read more about all this in the article How to start a diesel in winter.